NOW that he has broken his duck, Fabrice Muamba is sure he can add more to his goal tally.

Muamba registered his first professional goal in the 4-2 defeat by Portsmouth, at the 72nd time of asking.

Although recognised as a destroying, defensive type of midfielder, the England Under-21 international is well aware he has to add more to his game going forward.

With Damien Johnson and Mehdi Nafti, Blues' other preferred central midfielders, hardly in the prolific goalscoring category, someone has to chip in to help take the burden off the strikers and widemen.

"People kept asking when my first goal was going to come but now I've finally got it and I'm very happy, it was an amazing feeling," said Muamba.

"Hopefully I can carry on and get more now because we need goals from everywhere in the team, we can't rely on a few of the boys."

It came from a Sebastian Larsson corner that was glanced on by Liam Ridgewell; Muamba arrived like a train to slam it in.

"Portsmouth mark zonally and I could see Ridge coming in and I thought I'd just try my luck," said Muamba.

"It worked perfectly for me and I'm delighted to have scored my first goal.

"I was also pleased with my performance, but I was disappointed for the team that we didn't win.

"I was also very disappointed with a lot of decisions the referee made, especially for the first goal, the penalty.

"It was an unbelievable decision but after that we tried our best, although we were guilty of some sloppy defending.

"We worked extremely hard and fought our way right back into the game but one or two mistakes ultimately cost us. Apart from that the boys gave everything they could but unfortunately it didn't work out the way we wanted it to work. We kept pushing forward but we were just a bit lacking."